Evariste Payer

Évariste Albert Payer was a Canadian ice hockey centre. He played 9 games with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey Association from 1910 to 1912, and one game for the Canadiens in the National Hockey League during the 1917–18 season.

Playing career

Payer played for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey Association during the 1910–11 and 1911–12 seasons. He then played senior hockey until 1915, when he joined the army. He re-joined the Canadiens in the NHA's successor National Hockey League in 1917–18. Payer would play only 1 game in the NHL, on January 5, 1918 against the Ottawa Senators. His death is recorded as September 1, 1963 on his gravestone at Notre Dame Cemetery in Gatineau, Quebec.